Holy Roman Empire

Driven by the Butterfly Effect, the famous "Kamikaze Secret Service" entered the stage of history ahead of schedule.

Then, there is no more.A plane collided with a warship. This thing has no experience at all, and training is out of the question.

As long as you hit it head-on, it doesn't matter whether you hit the target or not, even the man and the machine will die together.

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On March 1905, 3, the Shinra East African Front Army broke through Djibouti, and the remaining British troops were forced to lay down their weapons and surrender, and the East African Campaign came to an end.

Overnight, the Cape of Good Hope became Britain's last stronghold on the African continent, and the pressure on the London government increased dramatically.

Under an inconspicuous building, the temporarily transformed air-raid shelter is the British government meeting room.

Due to the deadline, the meeting room was not even decorated in time.Perhaps for the sake of aesthetics, or perhaps for convenience, the surrounding walls are covered with military maps.

Even in the center of the desk, there is a huge sand table.It's like being in a military headquarters, but it's really a government meeting room.

The military style of the interior was forced out by the war.Since the outbreak of the war, the main responsibility of the British government has changed from governing the country to serving the war.

Colonial Secretary Koman: "This cannot be allowed to go on! If we don't act, we will lose Africa forever."

Losing Africa is not enough, at least there is Madagascar.However, an isolated island obviously cannot be compared with a continent.

Once the Cape of Good Hope falls, Britain's route to the Indian Ocean will be interrupted.

Although it is possible to make a detour, if you open the map, you will know that the detour this time is not just a little bit.

Without supplies from India, Britain was completely dependent on America.From the perspective of the overall strategy, this is undoubtedly extremely fatal.

Everyone knows that it is important to keep the Cape of Good Hope, but no one can accurately answer what method should be used to keep the Cape of Good Hope.

"The Ministry of War has sent reinforcements, but if we want to keep the Cape of Good Hope, we need the cooperation of the Logistics Department, the Navy and the Air Force."

It's not that Marcus wants to blame, it's really that the Cape of Good Hope is in a special situation.Not only the wind and waves are strong, but also lack of water.

In later generations, Cape Town is known as "the most water-deficient city in the world".Although it is not so serious now, after the external water supply is cut off, it is still difficult to meet the demand with groundwater alone.

During the last South African War, the colonial government of Cape Town experienced the taste of water shortage, and even used ships to deliver fresh water to the front line.

Lessons learned after the war, the colonial government increased freshwater reserves.But bureaucrats are best at 3-minute heat.

To store domestic water for tens of thousands of people, it is not possible to handle it with a few reservoirs. This requires a lot of manpower, material resources, and long-term investment.

Except for the fact that the first governor after the war paid high attention to it, the subsequent successors were not interested in this thankless project.

It’s fine if the plan is ambitious, the investment is large, and the duration is long. The key is not to achieve political achievements.Even though the construction of the underground water storage project has been completed, everyone does not have much intuitive experience.

Instead of filling this bottomless pit, it is better to use money to build cities and improve transportation. At least these are things that everyone can see.

Anyway, as long as there is no war, Cape Town will not lack water.Smart bureaucrats naturally know how to choose.

But now the war broke out, and with the continuous shrinking of the defense line, the lack of water resources has become a problem that plagues the Cape Town defenders.

What is even more tragic is that the enemy's air force is rampant, looting overhead every day, and ships entering the port during the day are like crossing robbery.

If the logistics problem is not resolved, even if reinforcements are sent in, it will only increase the enemy's record.

Sensing everyone's concerned eyes, Air Force Minister Atilio waved his hands helplessly: "Don't look at me like that, everyone knows the situation of the Air Force. If we can suppress the enemy, we won't be so passive."

The safety of the sky in London cannot be guaranteed, let alone the Cape of Good Hope.Even if the fighter planes are dispatched, the delay will be a few days at most, and the outcome of the failure will still not be changed.

The defense of the Cape of Good Hope itself is a short attack.Confronting the Holy Roman Empire on land, Atilio is not optimistic at all.

No matter how important the Cape of Good Hope is, if you can't win it, you can't win it.Britain can send reinforcements, and so can the enemy.

For a time, the shadow of failure flooded everyone's minds.For the first time, everyone thought carefully about the possible consequences of the failure of the war.

Seeing the dignified expressions of everyone, after hesitating again and again, Minister of Military Affairs Sigmund said slowly: "There is something even worse, according to the news from our intelligence personnel lurking in the Holy Roman Empire, the enemy is planning a landing operation.

The specific battle plan is still unclear.However, we can roughly infer that the enemy is preparing to let the navy and air force cover the landing of the army.

If the enemy's air superiority cannot be disintegrated, the risk of the Royal Navy intercepting the enemy's landing is very high.

Maybe this is a trap, deliberately luring the main force of our navy to a specific battlefield, and encircling and annihilating with the help of the air force. "

True and false, false and true.Since the war has progressed to the present, both sides have passed false information to each other.

It's just that this time is different. Once the enemy lands, even though it knows it may be a trap, the Royal Navy can only bite the bullet.

Yangmou is so terrible, knowing that there is a pit, you must step on it. It is impossible for the British government to bet on the safety of the British Isles.

If the Royal Navy does not launch an interception, the enemy's fake show will be real.Once the enemy successfully lands, the Oceanic Alliance will immediately fall apart.

Regardless of how tightly everyone was bound before and how much interests were involved, at the critical moment of life and death, everyone still has to fly separately.

In fact, if it weren't for the inconvenient information transmission these days, all countries would just be immersed in the prestige of Britain in the past, without knowing the specific situation, I am afraid that some people have already begun to cut their flesh and stop losses.

It is dangerous to jump off the ship early, but it is also more likely to survive than struggling for rescue after the ship sinks.

Without the support of allies behind, relying only on the strength of the British Empire, once it enters the stage of hand-to-hand combat, failure is a matter of time.

Secretary of the Navy Swinding said fiercely: "This must be the enemy's conspiracy against the Royal Navy. Landing before obtaining sea power is a risk in itself.

Even if the enemy has air supremacy, the air force is not omnipotent, and it is still difficult to cover the landing of the army.

Surface ships are inconvenient to dispatch, and submarines can also be used.Just sink a troop carrier by us, and a regiment's troops will be gone.No one can ignore such a loss.

If we are really in a hurry, we can also follow the example of the Japanese and organize death squads to ram enemy ships with planes.

One person, one machine, one bomb for one ship, we..."

Chapter 148 Sometimes Too Many Soldiers Are Troublesome

Good spirits, bad spirits.Perhaps the mouth was open, but only a week later, the bad news followed.

Large groups of troops are gathering on the coast of France.You don't need to think about it, you know, this is for the British Isles.

Shocked by the bad news, Swinding didn't care about it, and hurriedly asked the chief of military intelligence: "Has the enemy's warship been commissioned?"

To land in the British Isles, naval battles are indispensable.Shinra has air force cover, and Britain also has air force.

Even if it is a little weaker, but once you put your life together, you can still restrain it for a short time.

To protect the troop carrier, the Shinra Navy had to fight.Based on the current strength comparison between the two sides, the Royal Navy still has a greater chance of winning.

The only thing that can change this situation is the service of new warships.Although the construction time is a bit tense, but the enemy is the world's largest industrial power, so it is reasonable to work overtime and finish the project ahead of schedule.

In fact, as early as more than a month ago, the Navy's Military Intelligence Department received information about the launch of the enemy's capital ship, but it was not confirmed.

From launch to service, and then to the formation of combat effectiveness, it must not be completed in just over a month, but the landing operation has not yet started?

It also takes a long time from the preparation to the launch of a big battle. When the preparations are completed, the training may also be completed.

Chief of Military Intelligence Lacerda nodded: "What is certain at the moment is that the enemy has at least two Dreadnought-class battleships in service.

The enemy's battleships started construction almost at the same time, and even if the other battleships hadn't entered service yet, it probably wouldn't be long before. "

After receiving positive news, Swinding was in a bad mood.

One step at a time, one step at a time.

The construction of the British battleship was already one step late, and the shipyard was attacked by the enemy halfway, and the construction progress was even slower.

Once the enemy's warships are in service, the Royal Navy will be at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers at the level of dreadnoughts.

Although the quality is not enough, it can also be made up in quantity.But the dreadnought has the ability to plunder and kill ordinary warships. Who knows how much it will cost to wipe out this advantage?

If the Royal Navy is not sure of victory, then the "one man, one machine, one bomb for one ship" that he joked about will become a reality.

Dead fighters are easy to find, but dead fighter pilots are hard to find.Although they are both island countries, the British Empire is not Japan after all, and there are people rushing to recruit death squads.

If nothing else, just look at the London Air Battle.Once the fighter plane was damaged, it immediately turned around and ran away. When it was found that it could not escape, the pilot immediately parachuted.

While preserving the vitality to the greatest extent, many aircraft were wasted, and many aircraft that could have been rescued were abandoned.

Don't blame them, those who dare to fight in the sky are heroes, and there are a bunch of pilots who even refuse to fight.

The reason is very good: the gap in aircraft performance is too large, and asymmetrical combat is death.Since it is to die, naturally can not go.

It is not popular in Britain to "see death as home". The super high war damage in the early stage made the British government feel unconfident.

Except for active pilots who cannot escape and must go to the battlefield, amateurs and civil aviation pilots have the right to refuse.

The main reason is that the compulsory military service law has not yet been introduced, and the government has very limited punishment for those who refuse to be recruited.

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While the British were in a panic, the international situation was quietly changing.The ensuing bad news continued to wear down everyone's confidence in the British Empire.

The battle to defend India has already begun. Shinra is attacking from both sides of Persia and the Indochina Peninsula. Although the distance is still far away, everyone does not think that the Persians and a bunch of colonial troops can stop the world's largest army power.

In particular, the Russians have also sent troops from Afghanistan, and British India has essentially fallen into an embattled situation.

To fight against the world's No. [-] and No. [-] army powers alone, distance and terrain alone are not enough. Unless the British can open it, there is no hope at all.

British Africa has almost fallen. If there is no more India, is Britain still an "empire"?

No matter how powerful the Royal Navy is, it cannot reverse the defeat on land.What's more, they lost the Malacca naval battle.

The battle to defend the Strait of Gibraltar has already begun, and the Spaniards, stimulated by the victory, finally plucked up the courage to attack Gibraltar.

It is estimated that it is preparing to replicate the victory of the last anti-French war, and return to the ranks of the great powers with the help of the prestige bonus brought by the victorious country.

Great powers are not just a name, but also contain a lot of interests behind them, which is especially important for big trading countries.

For example: the comprehensive national strength of the United States and the Confederate States is not weak, but because they do not have the name of a great power, they have no right to speak in the world.

Although Spain's strength is not good, its reputation is still resounding these days, and its voice in the world is second only to Britain, Austria and Russia.

Of course, this was only the initial stage of the victory of the anti-French alliance.Later, the prestige of the Philippine War was greatly damaged, and then the national power was consumed in the suppression of the colonial war, and even the right to speak in the world has also declined a lot.

Both Russia and the West have joined in, and the grassroots in Europe naturally can't sit still.It's always been everyone's favourite.

What's more, the Vienna government also promised usurious profits and directly used "India" as a bait, so how can the governments of various countries bear it?

In terms of the active support of various countries, the Continental Allied Forces has already taken shape, and the final integration is only needed.When these tasks are completed, it is time for a decisive battle.

Compared with the concentration of the member states of the Continental Alliance, the member states of the Oceanic Alliance are much more dispersed, each of them is located in different places, and if they want to gather together, they have to cross the ocean.

The difficulty of power integration has increased by more than one grade.

Although the British government has worked very hard, due to the distance, the progress of the integration of the Ocean Alliance has been more than one step slower.

If the war lasts for two or three years, the strength of the Ocean Alliance can naturally be gathered; but judging from the current situation, the enemy will definitely not leave them enough time.

Seeing that the enemy's strength continues to grow, and the situation on the battlefield is becoming more and more unfavorable to the Ocean Alliance, the governments of various countries are also seeing it and are anxious in their hearts.

The navies of various countries have participated in the escort campaign, the air force has also dispatched elite pilots to reinforce Britain, and the army has also begun to assemble.

Just want to beat the Continental Alliance, these are still not enough.Gathering the strength of the entire European continent, it is invincible in this year.

More and more people of insight realize that getting involved in this war is a mistake.

It's a pity that there is everything in this world, but there is no medicine for regret.It is easy to participate in the war, but it is difficult to withdraw from it.

On the surface, everyone is still a good ally of Britain and is working hard for this war, but in private, there are already undercurrents.

Everything depends on the final battle. If Britain can keep India while crushing the "Sea Lion Project", then everyone is still a good ally.

But if one of them has an accident, there is no other way but to cut the flesh to stop the loss.

It can only be said that empiricism killed people. In every European war in the past 200 years, the British were the final big winners.

The long-term victories have brought confidence to everyone.Coupled with the fact that the Royal Navy has the advantage of sea power and all countries are isolated overseas, the worst expected result is nothing more than invincible and invincible.

According to the promise of the British, even if they are undefeated, everyone can carve up the overseas colonies of Shinra, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and other countries.

It is a pity that the reality is cruel. The British Empire, which missed the second industrial revolution, is like an old man in his twilight, no longer the vitality of the past.

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The international diplomacy is booming again, and the battlefield is also blooming in all directions.With the defeat of the Malacca naval battle, the British had to shrink their strategy in the Far East.

Except for the Indochina peninsula, which is still fighting, other regions have already reluctantly cut their flesh.But this is not enough, the Continental Alliance did not give them a chance to breathe.

The high-spirited Governor William is now in pain and happiness.Every man has a heroic dream of galloping on the battlefield, and now the opportunity to lead the army has finally come, but William has a headache.

Not everyone has the ability to "Han Xin orders troops, the more the better", at least Governor William does not have the ability to command a million troops.

If it hadn't been for the outbreak of war, no one would have believed that the Continental Alliance could mobilize millions of troops in the Nanyang region.

However, reality actually happened.The Dutch sent 13 troops, the Spaniards sent [-] troops, Portugal sent [-] troops, plus the [-] troops directly under the Austrian Nanyang, together with the aristocratic coalition forces and civilian armed forces that came one after another, the total force broke through the million mark.

That's not all, there are new troops joining every day, as if there is an endless stream, which makes Governor William's head big.

Unlike the well-established organizational framework in Africa, which can be prepared directly according to the previous reserve structure, Nanyang is mostly in bulk.